Rany jazayerli biography

American dermatologist and baseball statistician

Rany Jazayerli (born June 14, 1975) is a Chicago-area dermatologist and co-founder of and writer for Baseball Prospectus. He developed the statistical concept of Pitcher Abuse Points (PAP), which relates to high pitch counts in baseball.

Jazayerli is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and University of Michigan Medicine. He is a board-certified dermatologist and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

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Since 1996 Jazayerli has co-authored many of the annual Baseball Prospectus volumes. He also writes occasional “Doctoring the Numbers” columns for BaseballProspectus.com in which he investigates topics from a sabermetric perspective. He is the creator of the sabermetric measure of "Pitcher Abuse Points."^[1] The term Pitcher Abuse Points – PAP – was coined by Jazayerli in an article published on the Baseball Prospectus (BP) website in 1998, and the statistic was regularly reported Rany Jazayerli - Detailed Pedia NEZUR